Buckle



(No Model.)

J. A. TRAUT.

BUCKLE.

Patented Deo. 9, 1890.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.TUSTUS A. TRAU'I, OF NEV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,153, dated December9, 1890.

Application tiled September 29, 18901 Serial No. 366,496. (No model.) l

'T0 all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JUsTUs A. TRAUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buckles for suspenders, the object being toprovide a light and strong buckle especially' adapted for use inSuspenders having embroidered webbing.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a front view of a buckle embodying my present improvementsand shown on a piece of sus pender-webbing. Fig. 2 is Ya verticaltransverse section through the middle of the buckle and vsuspender-web.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating the operation of theimprovement. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a simplemodification of the novel feature. Fig. 5 is another view similar toFig. 3, showing a modification of the improvement.

Similar characters all the figures.

The buckle shown in the drawings comprises the web-case, hereindesignated by B, and a lever, as L, pivotally supported -in the slot 7,which is formed in the front plate 4 of the case B, said lever beingusualljf'provided with suitable means-aa for instance, the hook 5 andthe spring-stop G-for carrying the suspender-straps. The web M of thesuspender passes through the web-case between the front plate 4 andtheback plate 8 thereof in the usual manner, and when the lever is raised,as in Fig. 3, the inner and working end 9 of saidv lever lies on theinside of the front plate, as in Fig. 3, with its toothed edge l0projecting downward, as shown. Then thus constructed and without furtherim provement, the buckle, when used on embroidered webbing and slid upand down thereon, causes much wear and tear of the same. For preventingthis objectionable action I provide the web-case with a guard projectinginwardly from the inner surface of the front plate 4 and locatedimmediately below the toothed edge of said working end 9 of theledesignate like parts in ver. As shown in Fig. 4, said guard consistsin an abruptly-turned edge l5 of the plate 4, said edge projectinginwardly a distance substantially equal to the thickness of said leverend 9, this guard, by reason of its location contiguous to said edge,furnishing a means for holding back the soft material of the web out ofengagement with the teeth of the lever. In the modification shown inFig. 5 said guard l5 is an inwardly-projecting rib formed in the lowerpart of the plate 4 by properly swaging the same, as indicated in thedrawings, to form an inwardlyprojecting barrier or guard consisting of acurved port-ion of the front plate itself. The operation of this form ofthe guard is, however, substantially the same as the operation of theform 15 thereof shown in Fig. 4. The preferred form of said guard isshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and consists of a projecting part of thefront plate 4, bent upon itself inwardly and upwardly, as indicated atl5, to form a double thickness of the sheet metal at the 'lower edge ofthe front plate. This construction has two ad vantages-fi rst, itconstitutes, as above described, a guard for the toothed lever,preventing the teeth from injuring the embroidered web, and, second, itconstitutes a stiffening-baror re-entorcement of the front plate, so asto better sustain the tension of the lever thereon. This latter featureof the improvement permits the use in a buckle of a given size of metalof lesser thickness for making the frame, thereby effecting a direct andconsiderable saving in cost, as well as producing a superior article.

A shown in the drawings, the web-case B and the lever L are supposed tobe pivotally connected in the manner described in my prior application,Serial No. 365,604, filed September 20, 1890.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a buckle, thecombination, with the web-case and the toothed lever pivotally supportedtherein, of an inwardly projecting guard, substantially as described,located on the lever-carrying plate of the case and eontiguous to thetoothed edge of the lever when the lever is raised.

2. In a buckle, the combination, with the whereby the lever-teeth areguarded and the web-case and the toothed lever pivotally supfront plateis strengthened. ported therein, of a guard 011 the-lever-emrying plateof the buckle, said guard being the JUS FUb A' IRAUI 5 lower edge ofsaid plate bent upon itself, and Witnesses:

located on theinside of the plate contiguous to HENRY L. RECKARD,

thetoothed edge of theleverwhen thisis raised, FRANCIS I-I. RICHARDS.

